Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-16
WASHINGTON.
John G. Walker Of Texas Appointed
Committeeman and Secretary o?
Legation at BogGlss
The Indications thae thu President will
Yisit 81, Louis and Make "a Ei5Un!,
of Some Wes.zrn States
4 TEXAS APPOINTMENT.

TEXAS APPOINTMENT.
Special % the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, July = John G. Wal
keT Of Texas has been rendered the Office
Of Consul General and Secretary Of Lee
CATION 81 B0gOta, vice King resigned
lie has accepted the Ctlice and Kill
receive the appointment Wlel the Pes
ident returns to Washington.
General JlhG @. Walker, who was to-
day appoiored consul general Snd secFe
tary Of legation a. Bggotl, has very
distinguished record in the Confederate
army, and is well know throughout the
south. Mr.. Walker escorted the regular
army in 1916 from Missouri, where ne
was born, and served IS
first lieutenant and captain
during the Mexican war. He retained
his position IN the Uaited States army
Uutil 1851 when he resigned MS captsinCy
in tde Mounted Kihemep, now the ThiId
cavalry, aud entered the Confederate
service Is colonel under General Holmes.
lie served for two years in the Army Of
Northern Virginia under Lee, Wss pro-
noted TO Ma )r-GaEeral in the latter paIt
IF 1862, after the SlaIpsbUTg campaign,
where he commanded q division. He was
then transferred 20 tee Transatlantic
division under General Kirby Smith snd
put IN command OF the military district
Of Texas, New hilXic1 and Arizona. When
the war closed be settled in Texas. living
il Austin and Dallas, connecting himself
with Tom Scot. - the IlEas anu Poetic
Railroad. After SIX or seven years he gait
the TgiiTozd business All went . Mexico,
where he YVES eng sGed for qnita while
a mining operations. Recently ne mss
been living in Winchester, Va. General
Walker was endorsed Tor the place
by lAe entire Texas delegation and by 8
large number Of prominent COngressmen
from other states. At the beginning Of
the present administration be was n GD-
pliCGnt Ter the Gu2temalan mission.
General M2uTy, who Is minister to 30
gotta, is most intimate friend Of Genera!
Walker, they haYiGg been in the same reg
inert in the MtXiCsn war. General
walker has always shown himself in his
several spheres TO be g. nan Of C0nsplC-
nous ability, gnd he VIII undoubtedly re
ltct greas credit on his new post.
TIE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,
WASHINGTON, july I5.-MajOr J -
Powell, direcscr Of the geological survey,
has submitted 10 tl- Secretary 0! the Ia
terror for his upPTOTala plan Of operation
fiscal Y, ar. lie proposes to continue tee
surveys Tor the topographic map Of the
nIt4d States nUW in progress. IN
an interview, Major Powell SAID
the geological work viii be carried on rs
heretofore in various parts OF the ccUn-
trr, ia New England along the Atlantic
coast throughout the Appalachian noun.
tt.Gs system, in the lower Mississippi
regicu along the southern and western
shores Of Lake Superior, in the Ii,a
mountain region Il Colorado, in what
promises 70 Dc IN important coal, petr0-
ieun and natural Gas field in the near
future in Montana, III tn California gold
belt, and in half e dozen other regions Il
interest from ? scientific and economic
standpoint" Promising lire Of invCs5i-
gstion along the Atlantic slope, relates
To the green sand mari Of
Virginia ard tae CaTOliDas. It is not re
allied by the citjz9ns Of these states
that there lies within their low coast
ward hills stores OF datOld WesltG which
Will eventUalY Tly0iutiOuiZa the 0gri-
cultural mGlh0G@ parsued il these states
ia the shape Of ilst sucn green sands
and maTl5 as have, within the past gen
Grafton, transformed the sand wastes Of
New srsGy into vCCitabla gSrdens. pu-
ring coming year Mr.. ll5,T1 wlll so OF
with his Investigation into the structure
Ct the Appalachian mountains and Of the
coal beds and the ssndst beds yield
IuG petroleum and natural gas GionE
their western tanks. The area
in Elicit county Kentucky, !
wish Is now being prospeC-ed /
for diamonds fails Within this division, !
but the others OF the survey have given |
but faint cnCOurageme TO pros. eC.Jrs. |
They nave shown that TIE great mineral |
resources Cf TIE Cumberland plateau /
take the form Of COal, iron, oil and gas, |
and possess perm z-cnt value exceeding
that e the silver Of N.yGCG, the . CID u /
California or the diamonds Of the Cape. |
Professor Irving continues MS work upon |
tie iron-beaTjng and copper bearing rocks |
Of Lake Superior region, ana his profound /
Investigation viii doubtless serve to h0l6 /
in check or guide, as tire case may
Sc, the mining excitement now rife /
in that region. In the lover !
Mississippi region the investigations Of |
iron, ore, salt and sulphur deposits green |
sand marls. etc, by Mr.. Johnson are vet |
in progress end natural resources are |
rGpidIy becoming known and available /
largely through the labor that has been
bestowed upon them by scientific men.
The work in Montana has heretofore |
been carried or by the pioneer explorer
and geclOgist, DR.. A. V. Hayden, but
failing health has compelled the veteran
to retire from active duties and he is
succeeded by his former assistant DR..
Peale Dr.. Pcale is alresdyin the field The
newly opened route of transportation
through Montana ct the same time creates
a demand for the varied mineral sources
of this portion OF the Rocky mountain
region and affords means OF utilizing them.
As active operations a. the short seasons
permit sre accordingly required, Il
portion Of the Rocky mountain region
lying within Colorado important mining
enterprises are constantly guided ana
controlled by the Investigation Of scian-
t!hc men, snd the division Of geological
survey assigned TO this region is aUCrg
the most important Institutions. During
LAST summer the Denver coal fields
were eNdauslively investigated and q
report setting forth the extent and
value OF the coal viii be prepared
during the present summer. Natures
great laboratory, the Geyssr region Of
Yellowstone pslk, has already afforded
much insight into the processes Of min